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Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$38k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,250
Organizations funded a year
33 to 42
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$2.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthPublic BenefitEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$38k27%
FY202334$74k44%
FY202242$56k69%
FY202133$22kn/a
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$78kEducation$39kHealth$27kPublic Benefit$5kInternational$2kReligion$1kYouth Development$1kHuman Services$630Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
LA
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art$18,52630%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$17,00640%
Houston Symphony Society$13,80030%
La Jolla Music Society$11,43930%
Texas Heart Institute$10,05510%
The Royal Oak Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Priory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem$6,00010%
Cornell University$5,06040%
Hydrocephalus Association$5,00020%
San Diego Museum of Art$3,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,15020%
Uc San Diego Foundation$2,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
Young America's Foundation$1,00010%
The Cheshire Academy$1,00010%
Judicial Watch Inc$93520%
Cato Institute$85020%
Admiral Nimitz Foundation$70020%
The Spirit of Liberty Foundaton$50010%
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego$48010%
The Army Historical Foundation Inc$30010%
The American Legion$30010%
Capital Research Center$25010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$21010%
Media Research Center$20020%
Law Enforcement Officers Relief Fund Inc$20020%
The Hobby Center Foundation$15610%
Perkins School for the Blind$15010%
Co2 Coalition$15010%
The National World War II Museum Inc$15010%
American Studies Center$10410%
Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness$10010%
Pacific Battleship Center$10010%
Hoover Presidential Foundation$10010%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$10010%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$10010%
Citizens United Foundation$10010%
National Parks Conservation Association$10010%
National Vietnam War Museum Inc$10010%
Second Amendment Foundation$5010%
The Natural History Museum Santa Maria California$4010%
Consumer Reports Inc$3010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$3010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art: $18,526 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $17,006 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $13,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLa Jolla Music Society: $11,439 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Heart Institute: $10,055 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Royal Oak Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPriory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $5,060 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHydrocephalus Association: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Museum of Art: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cheshire Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $935 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdmiral Nimitz Foundation: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Spirit of Liberty Foundaton: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego: $480 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Research Center: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Officers Relief Fund Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hobby Center Foundation: $156 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCo2 Coalition: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Studies Center: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Liberty and American Greatness: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Battleship Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoover Presidential Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Vietnam War Museum Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Amendment Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Natural History Museum Santa Maria California: $40 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Farrell Family FoundationCA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farrell Family Foundation · Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust · The Wilson Sexton Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Greater Houston Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation

How much does Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation give?
Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $37,756 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 42 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (21%), Health (14%).
Who are Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art ($19k), The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($17k), Houston Symphony Society ($14k).
Does Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farrell Family Foundation, Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust, The Wilson Sexton Foundation.
Where is Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation based?
Stephen Warren Miles & Marilyn Ross Miles Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 82 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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